Brand New!! Review: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018
Sunday, 3 February 2019
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I went to regard the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018 Exhibition at the Mall Galleries yesterday. I ever similar it because of its emphasis on draughtsmanship which tin sometimes locomote inward brusk provide inward other exhibitions.
It's also an exhibition I've been visiting every yr since its tertiary yr (in 2007) when Ben Sullivan won (Ben is final year's BP Portrait Award Winner). This yr he selected artwork every bit a Judge along alongside Artist in addition to Educator - Robin Mason - Head of Fine Art at the City & Guilds London Art School; Art Gallery Owner - Johnny Messum - Founder in addition to Director of Messums, Wiltshire in addition to Daphne Todd OBE PPRP NEAC - Past President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, BP Portrait Award winner inward 2010 (and 2nd prize winner inward 1983) in addition to latterly a tv set celebrity every bit a jurist inward the BBC's The Big Painting Challenge.
So 2018 starts the 2nd decade of visits to this exhibition! If y'all can't see the Mall Galleries to regard it y'all tin view all the selected artworks online - inward a rather curious slideshow.
It got me reflecting on how the exhibition has changed.
The most obvious modify is the motility from the Painter-Stainers' Hall inward the City of London to the Mall Galleries.
I recollect I preferred the before exhibitions to a greater extent than - which is inward no agency a reflection on the Mall Galleries (the lighting is much amend at the Mall fifty-fifty if they can't compete on the chadelier front!)
I decided inward the cease that I recollect it's because I maybe liked the fine art to a greater extent than inward the before exhibitions - in addition to you tin regard the artwork from 10 years agone inward the 2008 exhibition inward my ship Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2008 in addition to Exhibition (with others listed at the cease of this ship - all of which come upwardly alongside images of artwork inward the exhibitions.
For example, this is supposed to locomote an exhibition which is supposed to represent
For those 2 reasons it seemed to me that this exhibition has lost its agency a little. I for certain liked it less than others I've viewed inward the past.
Maybe somebody forgot to propose the alternative panel what the criteria for this exhibition really is?
Ian Rowley, the Chairman of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Committee (and Clerk to the Painter-Stainers) inward his introduction indicates that the contest has a broad remit
One of the benefits of having a real long history of viewing in addition to writing nearly this exhibition is that I tin reference the official quotations which I cited inward past times reviews
One such - inward 2008 - was every bit follows
The science of draughtsmanship seems to bring good in addition to really bitten the dust!
I wrote at the cease of my catalogue WHERE ARE THE DRAWINGS? That for me is the biggest departure betwixt those early on exhibitions in addition to to a greater extent than recent ones. I get together I am far from lonely inward having noted this omission.
If drawings are non beingness submitted that is i thing.
If the drawings are non expert enough, in addition to thence that's another.
However if expert character draughtsmanship is non emerging because this ORIGINAL appear of this contest is non getting plenty of a profile than that is something that tin in addition to SHOULD locomote remedied. Or else the unique characteristic of this exhibition becomes lost.....
Creative representational epitome also does non hateful nosotros larn out reality behind in addition to come inward the realms of fantasy! Creative inside this context should, inward my opinion, relate to HOW reality is painted - piece remaining firmly rooted inward reality in addition to NOT fantasy!
Representational painters typically deed every bit observers in addition to seek to reproduce what they see. Their epitome agency is where whatever invention or inventiveness should prevarication - but the object (not concept!) they stand upwardly for should all the same locomote clearly self-evident.
The Threadneedle Prize which also focuses on figurative in addition to representational fine art has had similar wobbles inward the past times before returning to its master copy purpose.
In the past times the Prize championed fine art that was produced despite the fact that drawing was no longer taught inward fine art schools. Now it celebrates the real pregnant release of plant submitted past times younger artists - presumably including those who bring received no tuition inward draughtsmanship.
Frankly piece the exhibition includes some real expert plant (e.g. regard above) - in addition to it was pleasing to regard some perennial artists (including one-time winners - e.g. regard above) - I personally would bring edited some of the selected run out of the exhibition either because it veered exterior of the orbit of representational fine art or because it lacked expert draughtsmanship.
Finally, I'm sure I used to regard to a greater extent than blood-red dots at this exhibition inward the past. I used to recognise lots of the names because they were leading artists - every bit i would hopefully await to regard associated alongside the the best of contemporary representational epitome in addition to drawing.
Now I'm non recognising most of the names - either from previous years of this exhibition or other prestigious competitions.
If I'm correct - in addition to most are novel to prestigious fine art competitions, this would explicate some of the seriously featherbrained prices - in addition to why thence real few bring sold. In fact if I extract the 2 artists alongside a serious rail tape (one a previous winner who has a real rigid following) the cyberspace total in addition to value of sales to engagement - afterwards the exhibition has been opened upwardly for a calendar week is only 4 paintings alongside a sale value of £4,045!!
I did a sample cheque on some of the names I didn't recognise in addition to some are all the same students, bespeak prices agency inward excess of those of serious artists who bring been working for many years in addition to come upwardly alongside a considerable rail record. Which brand some of the educatee pricing a consummate nonsense - in addition to is hardly probable to larn their careers off to a expert start! (By agency of comparing the Young Artist winner who had a much to a greater extent than reasonable cost on her run has sold it every bit good every bit winning the prize!)
I shall locomote writing to a greater extent than nearly the demand for a wake-up telephone phone on pricing inward a hereafter post.
Bottom line of piece of work - do I recollect this is an exhibition represented the best inward representational epitome inward this country? No I real definitely did not.
Is it the best of the submission? Very possibly. However that likely says to a greater extent than nearly the thought, planning in addition to seek that went into its publicity than anything else.....
I'm real curious every bit to why thence many established painters whose run I bring enjoyed inward the past times bring stopped submitting.
Maybe they recollect it's drifted likewise far inward the direction of "let's give the younger painter a chance".
Personally I've absolutely zippo against competitions targeted at younger artists - in addition to I recollect they have real of import role to play inward career development.
However do I recollect younger artists are creating the real best inward contemporary representational painting in addition to drawing? No I real definitely exercise not....
When coming to write this department I was rather non-plussed past times the fact that the catalogue fails to mention
Seems every bit if the publicity budget has been cut!
The Lynn Painter-Stainers First Prize:
Pablo Castañeda Santana won the £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018 alongside his acrylic epitome titled 'ELS' which is described every bit reinforced acrylic pigment sail mounted on panel (150cm x 120cm) £9,000. I'm guessing he won it for the technique he uses (see below).
To me it reminded me of Madame Ingres meets Giuseppe Arcimboldo - or to a greater extent than specifically a riff on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Portrait of Princesse Albert de Broglie, née Joséphine-Eléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn.
It volition come upwardly every bit no surprise to the regular readers of this spider web log that my preference for First Prize winners is ever a completely master copy run of fine art alongside no derivative features. I'm non clapping this one. In my watch it breaches the rules.
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| Lynn Painter-Stainer Prizes - Left to right: Young Artist Prize | Second Prize | First prize |
It's also an exhibition I've been visiting every yr since its tertiary yr (in 2007) when Ben Sullivan won (Ben is final year's BP Portrait Award Winner). This yr he selected artwork every bit a Judge along alongside Artist in addition to Educator - Robin Mason - Head of Fine Art at the City & Guilds London Art School; Art Gallery Owner - Johnny Messum - Founder in addition to Director of Messums, Wiltshire in addition to Daphne Todd OBE PPRP NEAC - Past President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, BP Portrait Award winner inward 2010 (and 2nd prize winner inward 1983) in addition to latterly a tv set celebrity every bit a jurist inward the BBC's The Big Painting Challenge.
So 2018 starts the 2nd decade of visits to this exhibition! If y'all can't see the Mall Galleries to regard it y'all tin view all the selected artworks online - inward a rather curious slideshow.
It got me reflecting on how the exhibition has changed.
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| View of the Lynn Painter-Stainer Exhibition 2018 |
I recollect I preferred the before exhibitions to a greater extent than - which is inward no agency a reflection on the Mall Galleries (the lighting is much amend at the Mall fifty-fifty if they can't compete on the chadelier front!)
I decided inward the cease that I recollect it's because I maybe liked the fine art to a greater extent than inward the before exhibitions - in addition to you tin regard the artwork from 10 years agone inward the 2008 exhibition inward my ship Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2008 in addition to Exhibition (with others listed at the cease of this ship - all of which come upwardly alongside images of artwork inward the exhibitions.
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| Some of the amend representational paintings alongside an emphasis on draughtsmanship inward the show |
the best of contemporary representational epitome in addition to drawingin addition to yet 2 other major changes I noticed are that:
- There is no drawing inward the exhibition. At to the lowest degree no drawings inward the conventional sense. There are i or 2 paintings where the painter has drawn...
- Not all the artwork is representational. For me representational epitome is supposed to locomote epitome which relates to in addition to represents a existent object. As opposed to epitome which represents a fantasy of objects which be solely inside the artist's imagination. Yet a release of the paintings were quite clearly fantastical and/or included representations of existent objects but that these had been distorted inward a fantastical way
For those 2 reasons it seemed to me that this exhibition has lost its agency a little. I for certain liked it less than others I've viewed inward the past.
Maybe somebody forgot to propose the alternative panel what the criteria for this exhibition really is?
Ian Rowley, the Chairman of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Committee (and Clerk to the Painter-Stainers) inward his introduction indicates that the contest has a broad remit
By blueprint it has an opened upwardly in addition to unique remit that encourages in addition to supports the submission of a wide, various in addition to innovative arrive at of the best of British contemporary representational epitome in addition to drawing.Well the Chairman is wrong.
One of the benefits of having a real long history of viewing in addition to writing nearly this exhibition is that I tin reference the official quotations which I cited inward past times reviews
One such - inward 2008 - was every bit follows
Created inward 2005 alongside the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers in addition to the Lynn Foundation alongside The Spectator every bit media sponsor. The work of the Prize is to encourage creative representational epitome and promote the science of draughtsmanship. (my underlining)
The science of draughtsmanship seems to bring good in addition to really bitten the dust!
I wrote at the cease of my catalogue WHERE ARE THE DRAWINGS? That for me is the biggest departure betwixt those early on exhibitions in addition to to a greater extent than recent ones. I get together I am far from lonely inward having noted this omission.
If drawings are non beingness submitted that is i thing.
If the drawings are non expert enough, in addition to thence that's another.
However if expert character draughtsmanship is non emerging because this ORIGINAL appear of this contest is non getting plenty of a profile than that is something that tin in addition to SHOULD locomote remedied. Or else the unique characteristic of this exhibition becomes lost.....
Creative representational epitome also does non hateful nosotros larn out reality behind in addition to come inward the realms of fantasy! Creative inside this context should, inward my opinion, relate to HOW reality is painted - piece remaining firmly rooted inward reality in addition to NOT fantasy!
 |
| a rather fantastical corner of the exhibition |
The Threadneedle Prize which also focuses on figurative in addition to representational fine art has had similar wobbles inward the past times before returning to its master copy purpose.
In the past times the Prize championed fine art that was produced despite the fact that drawing was no longer taught inward fine art schools. Now it celebrates the real pregnant release of plant submitted past times younger artists - presumably including those who bring received no tuition inward draughtsmanship.
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| Left: Sofabed Sleepover - Nuru in addition to Rose past times Samantha Fellows (who has had run inward both the BP Portrait in addition to RA Summer Exhibition) Right: Islington Tunnel inward Autum alongside the artist's identify unit of measurement by Melissa Scott-Miller (Winner of the Lynn Painter-Stainers prize 2008) |
Finally, I'm sure I used to regard to a greater extent than blood-red dots at this exhibition inward the past. I used to recognise lots of the names because they were leading artists - every bit i would hopefully await to regard associated alongside the the best of contemporary representational epitome in addition to drawing.
Now I'm non recognising most of the names - either from previous years of this exhibition or other prestigious competitions.
If I'm correct - in addition to most are novel to prestigious fine art competitions, this would explicate some of the seriously featherbrained prices - in addition to why thence real few bring sold. In fact if I extract the 2 artists alongside a serious rail tape (one a previous winner who has a real rigid following) the cyberspace total in addition to value of sales to engagement - afterwards the exhibition has been opened upwardly for a calendar week is only 4 paintings alongside a sale value of £4,045!!
I did a sample cheque on some of the names I didn't recognise in addition to some are all the same students, bespeak prices agency inward excess of those of serious artists who bring been working for many years in addition to come upwardly alongside a considerable rail record. Which brand some of the educatee pricing a consummate nonsense - in addition to is hardly probable to larn their careers off to a expert start! (By agency of comparing the Young Artist winner who had a much to a greater extent than reasonable cost on her run has sold it every bit good every bit winning the prize!)
I shall locomote writing to a greater extent than nearly the demand for a wake-up telephone phone on pricing inward a hereafter post.
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| Smaller plant on the wall below the mezzanine bookshop. |
Is it the best of the submission? Very possibly. However that likely says to a greater extent than nearly the thought, planning in addition to seek that went into its publicity than anything else.....
I'm real curious every bit to why thence many established painters whose run I bring enjoyed inward the past times bring stopped submitting.
Maybe they recollect it's drifted likewise far inward the direction of "let's give the younger painter a chance".
Personally I've absolutely zippo against competitions targeted at younger artists - in addition to I recollect they have real of import role to play inward career development.
However do I recollect younger artists are creating the real best inward contemporary representational painting in addition to drawing? No I real definitely exercise not....
Prizewinners
When coming to write this department I was rather non-plussed past times the fact that the catalogue fails to mention
- the release of prizes
- the value of the prizes.
Seems every bit if the publicity budget has been cut!
Pablo Castañeda Santana won the £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018 alongside his acrylic epitome titled 'ELS' which is described every bit reinforced acrylic pigment sail mounted on panel (150cm x 120cm) £9,000. I'm guessing he won it for the technique he uses (see below).
To me it reminded me of Madame Ingres meets Giuseppe Arcimboldo - or to a greater extent than specifically a riff on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Portrait of Princesse Albert de Broglie, née Joséphine-Eléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn.
It volition come upwardly every bit no surprise to the regular readers of this spider web log that my preference for First Prize winners is ever a completely master copy run of fine art alongside no derivative features. I'm non clapping this one. In my watch it breaches the rules.
Only original, two-dimensional plant inward whatever epitome or drawing media are eligible. (Rules)
Kay Harwood Born inward Lancashire inward 1978. Studied inward London at the Slade School of Art, in addition to thence at the Royal Academy Schools, graduating inward 2004.
2018
2017
Delighted to bring been awarded 2nd Prize inward the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize final night! Show runs @mallgalleries until 17/03 #lps18 pic.twitter.com/AciR1izAKH— Kay Harwood (@KayHarwood_Art) March 6, 2018
Young Artist Award: £4,000 (For an creative individual who is 25 years of historic menses or under) Roof terrace past times Chloe Ong
Chloe Ong grew upwardly inward Singapore. She came to written report fine art inward London in addition to graduated alongside a First Class Honous Degree from the Slade School of Art final summertime in addition to is similar a shot pursuing a MFA at the Slade.Congratulations to electrical current MFA #SladeStudent Chloe Ong for winning the immature creative individual prize at the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize exhibition 2018!! See Chloe's run at the Mall Galleries until 17 March pic.twitter.com/D3szt2dr7m— UCL Slade (@SladeSchool) March 6, 2018
Brian Botting Prize: £5,000 (For an creative individual who is thirty years of historic menses or under) Head of Thandi -by Charlie Schaffer for an outstanding representation of the human figure
He did his Foundation at Central St. Martins followed past times a aeroplane inward Fine Art at Brighton University.
Here's Charlie Schaffer receiving his Botting Prize for Head of Thandi. pic.twitter.com/G2QIKobiIf— The Painters Company (@PaintersCompany) March 6, 2018
People’s Prize: £2,000: to locomote announced afterwards the cease of the exhibition
More nearly the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize (2008-2018)
2018
2017
- Christopher Green wins Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2017
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2017: Call for Entries
- Video of Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2016
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2016: Call for Entries
- Lynn Painter-Stainers 2016 - Selected artists in addition to works
- Lynn Painter-Stainers 2015 - Prizewinners
- Lynn Painter-Stainer Prize 2015: Selected Artists & Events
- £15,000 Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2015 - Call for Entries
- Review in addition to video of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2014
- Catherine Davison wins £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2014
- £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainer Prize 2014 - deadline approaches
- 2013
- Lynn Painter Stainer Exhibition 2013: Review
- Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2013 - Selected Artists
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2013: Call For Entries (13 October 2012) Overview of Call for Entries for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2013 for representational painting.
- Review: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2012 Exhibition (01 April 2012) - review of the 2012 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition yesterday at the Mall Galleries
- Antony Williams wins Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2012
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2012 - Selected artists & artwork
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2012: Call For Entries
- Rachel Levitas wins Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2010 xvi Nov 2010
- 65 Artists selected for Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2010 28th October 2010
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2010 - Call for Entries 03 Aug 2010
- Exhibition review: Toby Wiggins wins Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize17 Nov 2009
- Shortlist for Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2009 04 Nov 2009
- 82 plant selected for Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize xvi October 2009
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - selected artists xviii Sep 2008
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2008 in addition to Exhibition xix Nov 2008
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